Glamorganshire-Cardiff-1849
CBTM:
23089
Map Date:
1849
Repository reference:
Cardiff City Library, Local Studies Section
Historic county:
Glamorganshire
Town name:
Cardiff
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
ST184764
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
ST 1875
Map title:
'Plan of the town and port of Cardiff in the county of Glamorgan. Surveyed in 1849 by M.S. O'Rourke.'
Comments on map:
Bottom left is an 'Index' to 204 streets and buildings; below title are notes on the Glamorgan Canal, River Taff and Bute Docks, and 'Remarks' which are really puffing the virtues of the port.
Scale:
1:3168
Map-maker:
M.S. O'Rourke [sv], Morris, Lithographer, Newport, Mon. [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
147.0 x 85.5
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
stables/coach houses, public buildings emphasised: [Numerous stables identified].
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown, offices
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, navigation aids, wharfs, misc: Ballast Cranes, Capstans, Lookout, Steam Packet Office, Weighing Machine.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Anglican churches named in gothic.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, police
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
misc.: 'Cannons', at dock entrance.
Welfare and charitable:
infirmaries, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools: With Play Grounds.
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish, Ward
Known copies of map:
Cardiff Library [folded: large!]; Glamorgan RO D/D Xgc 33/1,2 [photocopies: one incomplete].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, engineering, food/drink, ship yards, rope walk, timber, warehousing, abbatoirs, misc: Coal Yards, [Bonded Stores].
Railways:
routes, named, rails, passenger stations, misc: Railway Office.
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Gardens:
nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Magnetic data:
diagram
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks, newspaper offices
Antiquities:
Castle.
Landowners and occupiers:
industrial owners
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top right: untitled: is of town seen from West Toll Gate.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
Arcade.
Cemeteries:
shown
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1878
1:2500
1:10,560
1898-9
1:2500
1:10,560
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